Whether by seeing or feeling, passengers know they’re at the edge of a train platform thanks to these ubiquitous bumpy yellow tiles. Invented by Seiichi Miyake, the first tactile warning strips we installed in Okayama, Japan on March 18, 1967 next to a school for the blind. To this day...

If you’re waiting for a train – or you’ve just stepped off one – and your smartphone or tablet or laptop is out of power, the LIRR has a solution for you: you can now find freestanding USB charging stations and/or technology counters at 19 LIRR stations. These stations are:...

To celebrate Valentine’s Day 2019, AModernLI.com is delighted to announce its 2018 Art Guide! Created in collaboration with MTA Arts & Design, the guide includes the location and an image of each work of art installed at LIRR stations in 2018. There were a total of ten art installations at…

Marc Dennis’s Where Dreams Come to Play (2017), a laminated glass and mosaic installation fabricated by Peters Studios and Mayer of Munich and commissioned by MTA Arts & Design, has been installed at Wantagh Station. The project depicts scenes of an idyllic and imaginative day at nearby Jones Beach that…

Wantagh customers — about 6,000 each weekday — can now wait for their trains on newly replaced platforms, which feature snow/ice melting systems to help keep them clear and safe during the winter months. When it’s cold outside, customers can take shelter inside a new heated platform waiting room. Other…

The replacement of the platform at Wantagh Station and the enhancement of the station are almost complete. Canopy work, escalator testing, and platform lighting and wiring have been completed, and AVPS signs, speakers and cameras have been installed. The installation of signage is complete. Automated Snow and Ice Melt System…

With the rehabilitation of the east end of the station completed, work on the west end is well underway. Modern station amenities include new LED platform lighting, improved customer information with JBL speakers for improved sound, four digital screens installed in the waiting room, and wifi access. Conveniences will include…

Construction continues at Wantagh Station, with Phase 1 scheduled for completion in October 2018. Machine room construction has begun, and escalator installation continues. Other ongoing work includes the connection of an automated snow and ice melt system (ASIMS), electrical and communications work and the abatement and painting of the Wantagh…

At the Twin Lakes Preserve in Wantagh, beer cans floated idly by while discarded paper and food wrappers peppered the trails. Eight miles south of the preserve, Jones Beach State Park had its fair share of litter, as six-pack yokes and vape pens were buried near snow fencing and rolled-up…

Long Island is in the midst of historic change. For years, as other regions invested in areas like quality, affordable rental housing, mixed-use development, and public transit, LI was content with the status quo.

We sat silent as we watched droves of young people — educated in our outstanding public schools at significant expense — leave home and help create economic growth in other regions of our country.